Dems and Repubs compromise on filibuster reform..

[Fumesucker]

Surprise, surprise, surprise, the filibuster will remain unchanged.

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/senate-aides-no-chance-filibuster-rul

To the dismay of a younger crop of Democrats and some outside liberal activists, there is no chance that rules surrounding the filibuster will be challenged, senior aides on both sides of the aisle say, because party leaders want to protect the right of the Senate's minority party to sometimes force a supermajority of 60 votes to approve legislation.

[Horse with no Name]

1. Geez this is a Greek tragedy in the making

Or better yet...when it doesn't work out like the repigs promised it would, everyone will be scratching their heads wondering "why?"

[Fumesucker]

3. No one could possibly have predicted that the Republicans would bargain in bad faith.. n/t

[damntexdem]

2. In other words: bye bye reform.

Particularism once again trumps democracy -- for that matter, in the current environment, trumps any chance of adequately doing the public's business.

[thereismore]

4. Sometimes? The repigs do it always! nt

[patrice]

5. Scretive & Lazy: they want super-majority, but they don't want to work for it, by actually telling

us stuff during debates. As if doing so would slow things down any more than they already are in grid-lock?

[msongs]

6. lol these dems are pathetci losers nt

[northoftheborder]

7. Gnats.